Ashton Addington

Lead, Technical Recruiter - Engineering @Shopify

GB

May 2024 to Present - Hired engineers across Infrastructure, ML Infra, Machine Learning, Software and Management Engineering, driving Shopify’s expansion into strategic markets including America, Canada, EMEA, Brazil, Japan, India, Egypt, and more. Ranging from Engineer up to Principal Engineering level- Delivered two high-impact global hiring sprints (Serbia & Egypt): 15 new hires, with 52% offer rate and hires onboarded in under 30 days—navigating ambiguous EOR processes and collaborating directly with two VPs of Engineering- Led end-to-end hiring for Shopify’s 2025 Infrastructure & ML Infra Engineering hiring goals, building a new process, team, and pipeline from scratch- Spearheaded urgent Infra Engineering hiring across six countries—successfully filled all critical roles within 3 months to support platform reliability under the new CTO’s directive- Achieved 96.3% offer acceptance rate (100% for Infrastructure & Management Engineering)- Surpassed quarterly engineering hiring average by 2x, reducing core interview-to-offer turnaround by 26% and lowering interviews per hire by 19%(from 9 to 7.3)- Introduced a new interview step, doubling early pipeline screening speed & improving candidate quality with less wasted engineering/recruiter time- Built and leveraged AI & automation across sourcing, candidate screening, note-taking, pipeline tracking, and job description creation, optimizing outreach messaging and enriching hiring insights for continuous process improvement- Onboarding & mentoring: successfully guided new recruiters and inspired talent team process enhancements; led Interviewing best-practice training sessions at our Toronto HQ- Collaborated cross-functionally with executive and operational leaders (Comp, Legal, IT) to address complex hiring, onboarding, and compensation challenges.

Northampton School for Boys

Information Technology